AP African American Studies Resource Archive

AP African American Studies Resource Library

Wordmark for "Hidden History" above Bryan Museum logo of a palm tree to the left of a house, next to a portrait of a Black woman wearing a black blouse or dress and a white necklace, over a picture of several Black women holding a sign "Head-Quarters for Colored Women Voters."

Hidden History: Jessie McGuire Dent

with Tommie Boudreaux, Samuel Collins III, Diane Henderson, and Faye Williams

Explore McGuire Dent’s role in fighting racial discrimination and organizing the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. 

  • Video
A wide-mouthed brown earthenware jar with two handles and writing inscribed on the surface.

Storage Jar

1858

View this example of David Drake’s masterful pottery.

  • Work of Art
A large shallow, round tray shaped basket made of reeds, rush and palmetto coiled and woven together. A faded purple string is woven through the basket on one side and knotted inside the basket.

Rice Fanner Basket

pre-1863

View this artifact of rice cultivation by enslaved people on the South Carolina coast.

  • Primary Source

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